Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1983-2011 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
1 OVS box (50 cm), 7 items, 4 mapcase folders
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
George Hawken (1946-2016) was a professor at the Daniels Faculty of Architecture Landscape and Design at the University of Toronto. He was an intaglio printmaker and published his Die Verwandlung: Kafka ([1982]), also known as his “Metamorphosis Folio.”
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gift of George Hawkin, 2015 and 2016, and Jesse and Simon Hawken, 2023.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
This collection includes copper plates as well as various states of his work Die Verwandlung: Kafka ([1982]). It also includes prints of self-portraits, “Kevin,” and Wayson Choi (1939-2019).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Contains Series:
Series 1: Die Verwandlung: Kafka
Series 2: Prints
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Material may be requested in person at the Fisher Library Reference Desk, or in advance using our online stack retrieval request form: https://aeon.library.utoronto.ca.